By the time Xbox One X launches, it will be a generation behind in GPU tech and it will still use that dud of a CPU that is Jaguar. Sure, from the look of the hardware there is quite a bit in the the machine. Though MS could have pushed it an extra mile and skipped Polaris entirely and gone for a cheaper, more efficient machine.
If anything, MS have missed the boat. Should they have waited it a bit longer and gone for a 2018 launch. They could have used the latest tech; Zen, Vega plus GDDR6 and launched Xbox One X as a next generation console. And they would have had the jump on Sony on the tech front.
But meh.. like the PS Pro, they've made a console just to play 4K. And baseline at that, at 30fps; because the GPU just isn't strong enough (plus the CPU holding it back). One of the reasons why it too has checker-boarding, which we will see a lot third party games use - that can't hit that 4k goal.
